4 tornado warnings issued; Storms leave roads flooded

A powerful band of storms that spurred a spate of tornado warnings across Massachusetts left trees toppled, cars crushed and neighborhoods flooded on Monday.

A weak tornado was confirmed in Connecticut.

Tornado warnings were in effect for most of northeastern Massachusetts Monday afternoon, but were lifted as the storms lost strength and moved offshore.

No tornadoes were confirmed in Massachusetts, but a trained weather spotter reported seeing a funnel cloud near Danvers at 2:58 p.m., the National Weather Service said.

An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in Windsor Locks, Conn., StormTeam 5's Danielle Vollmar said. The tornado flipped over a truck and tore down the Sports World bubble dome along Interstate 91. No injuries were reported.

The powerful, swift-moving storms dumped as much as 2 inches of rain on some areas resulting in localized street flooding on the North Shore and in the Merrimack Valley.

A Meineke store at the intersection of Moore and Gorham streets in Lowell was flooded with several inches of water.

"Oh, we had -- well, you can see the high-water mark on the back of the building right there -- probably 6 or 7 inches, 30 feet in," shop owner Scott Wallace said.

The same system spurred a microburst and a strong line of thunderstorms that caused significant damage in western Massachusetts.

On Hunt Street in Agawam, trees and limbs came down in the storm, with one falling on a pickup truck. In all, seven vehicles were destroyed.

"The wind picked up so hard, and the trees were just blowing. It was loud," one worker said. "Two minutes later and there is just nothing but trees down."

A total of 15 to 20 cars were damaged in all of Agawam, emergency officials said.